Bed drier and warmer



(No Model.)

J. FOSSATI. BEDDRIER AND WARMER.

No.403,339. Patented May14,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JASPER FossATr, or INEZ, TEXAS.

BED DRIER AND WARMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,339, dated May 14,1889.

Application filed July 5, 1888. Serial No. 279,090. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER FOSSATI, of Inez, in the county of Victoriaand State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Bed Drier andWarmer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention .is to provide a convenient means forheating beds in cold weather and drying them in damp weather, to preventthe occupant of the bed from contracting colds.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as-hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bed warmer and drier embodying myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a central transverse vertical section thereof.

The invention includes, primarily, a suitablev frame of essentiallyelliptical form,whose ends allow of the said frame being readily slippedin between the bed and bedding or between two articles of bedding, andin connection with said frame a suitable fire-pot of portableconstruction.

In the construction shown in the drawings the frame consists of two sidemembers, 10 10, of essentially elliptical form, the upper parts of eachside member being united to the bottom parts thereof at the ends andprovided with metallic end caps, 2, which serve to strengthen the frameand ornament the same. The side members, 10, are united at the center bytransverse boards or plates 11, which extend transversely between theupper and lower parts of each of said members. The upper and lowerplates 11 are braced by several vertical posts, 12. (Four in the presentinstance.) This construction of the frame makes it strong and durable,while the elliptical form thereof admits of its being entered betweenthe bedding with great facility.

A horizontal supporting-frame is arranged between the posts 12, forsupporting a fire-pot. The said frame is preferably of skeleton form, toattain a desirable lightness, consisting of wires 13, extending radiallyfrom the posts 12 toward a common center and bent to form asubstantially circular seat or support, 3, for a fire-pot, 14.

The fire-pot 14; is formed gradually larger toward the top to rest onthe seat 3, and is provided with a suitable handle, 4:, and a wiregauzecover, 15. The wire-gauze cover allows of the free escape of-the heat,while preventing the bedding that may come in contact therewith fromcatching on fire.

In practice the fire-pot will be charged with live coals, coke, or othersuitable fuel before being placed in the frame. The frame is firstplaced in the bed and the fire-pot then set in place. The upper andlower boards or plates 11 are each provided on the inner side with acovering of sheet iron or copper, 5, an interposed layer, 6, of asbestusor other non-conductor of heat being arranged between the said layer ofsheet iron or copper and the outer board or plate, whereby the heat ofthe fire-pot or furnace will not detrimentally affect the said boardorplate.

The invention being of durable construction and convenient form affordsa desirable article of its character, and its use will be foundconducive to health by well persons as well as by invalids.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bed drier and warmer comprising an elliptical frame, in combinationwith a firepot support suspended within the frame between the upper andlower parts thereof, substantially as described.

2. A bed warmer and drier comprising a frame formed of elliptical sidemembers having transverse upper and lower boards or plates, incombination with a fire-pot holder supported between the top and bottomtransverse boards or plates, and a fire-pot in said holder,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a bed warmer and drier, the combination, with the elliptical frameconsisting of the elliptical side members united at top and bottom bytransverse,boards and plates, of a fire-pot holder within the framebetween its upper and lower boards, and posts interposed between saidupper and lower boards to brace the same and form a support for thefire-pot holder, substantially as and for the purposes Set forth.

4. The herein-described bed Warmer and drier, consisting of theelliptical members 10, joined together at top and bottom by the boardsor plates 11, in combination with the posts bracing said boards, thefire-pot holder 10 supported from said posts and having a central seat,3, and a fire-pot, 14, having a reticulated cover, 15, and resting insaid seat, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JASPER FOSSATI. lVitnesses:

I. E. CARPENTER, WM. SCHMIDT.

